SAN JOSE, Antique – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Antique provincial office here reported 7,603 more voters registered in 18 municipalities from Oct. 11 to 30.
“Because of the reported declining cases of coronavirus disease, the voters must have felt they were already safe to go out of their homes to register for the upcoming elections,” said Atty. Tomas Valera, Comelec concurrent assistant regional director and Antique election supervisor.
It had been observed by the Comelec that more voters register during presidential elections than during mid-term elections due to interest to choose the nation’s next leader.
“San Jose de Buenavista has the highest number of registered voters from Oct. 11 to 30 with 1,239 individuals,” he said.
Other municipalities with a high number of new voters were Sibalom with 907, Patnongon with 586, Culasi with 564, and Hamtic with 563.
Valera said the 7,603 new registrants were even higher than the 5,330 who registered the whole month of September.
“The Election Registration Board (ERB) will be meeting this November to deliberate on the 7,603 additional registered voters,” he said.
The names and papers of the registrants still have to be validated.
Meanwhile, Valera advised candidates to check the correct spelling of their names on the tentative list of candidates released by the Comelec on its website so they would be able to have it corrected before December.
“The earlier the better that the candidates could coordinate with their respective election officers for any correction,” he said. (PNA)
